Effect of an S1/S0 conical intersection on the chemistry of nitramide in its ground state. A comparative CASPT2 study of the nitro-nitrite isomerization reactions in nitramide and nitromethane

The potential energy surfaces for the dissociation of nitramide (NH(2)NO(2) --> NH(2) + NO(2)) and nitromethane (CH(3)NO(2) --> CH(3) + NO(2)) and the nitro-nitrite rearrangement of these nitrocompounds (RNO(2) --> RONO) as well as the dissociations of the nitrite isomers (RONO --> RO + NO) have been studied with the second-order multiconfigurational perturbation theory (CASPT2) by computation of numerical energy gradients for stationary points. It is found that multiconfigurational methods [CASPT2 and complete active space SCF (CAS-SCF)] predict that the isomerization of nitramide to NH(2)ONO occurs in a two-step mechanism: (i) NH(2)NO(2) --> NH(2) + NO(2) and (ii) NH(2) + NO(2) --> NH(2)ONO, the second step involving surmounting an activation barrier. Contrastingly, Hartree-Fock based approaches give isomerization as a one-step reaction. Additionally, both mono- and multiconfigurational methods predict that nitro-nitrite rearrangement of CH(3)NO(2) is a one-step process. The difference in the reaction mechanisms of these two isoelectronic molecules arises from the presence of an S(1)/S(0) conical intersection in nitramide which is absent in nitromethane.     

A complete active space self-consistent field study of the photochemistry of nitrosamine

Photodissociation mechanisms of nitrosamine (NH2NO) have been studied at the complete active space self-consistent field level of theory in conjunction with atomic-natural-orbital-type basis sets. In addition, the energies of all the critical points and the potential energy curves connecting them have been recomputed with the multiconfigurational second-order perturbation method. Ground state minimum of nitrosamine has a C1 nonplanar structure with the hydrogen atoms of the amino moiety out of the plane defined by the N-N-O bonds. Electronic transitions to the three lowest states are allowed by selection rules: (i) S0-->S3 (7.41 eV) has an oscillator strength of f=0.0006 and it is assigned as an (npO)0-->(piNO*)2 transition, (ii) S0-->S2 (5.86 eV) has an oscillator strength of f=0.14 and it is assigned as an npN-->piNO* transition, and (iii) S0-->S1 (2.98 eV) has an oscillator strength of f=0.002 and it is assigned as an npO-->piNO* transition. It is found that N-N bond cleavage is the most likely process in all the photochemical relevant states, namely, S1 (1 1A"), S2 (2 1A'), and T1 (1 3A"). While S1 and T1 yield exclusively homolytic dissociation: NH2NO-->NH2 (1 2B1)+NO(X 2Pi), on S2 the latter process constitutes the major path, but two additional minor channels are also available: adiabatic homolytic dissociation: NH2NO-->NH2 (1 2A1)+NO(X 2Pi), and adiabatic oxygen extrusion: NH2NO-->NH2N (1 3A1)+O(3P). The excited species NH2 (1 2A1) experiences a subsequent ultrafast decay to the ground state, the final products in all cases the fragments being in their lowest electronic state. We have not found a unimolecular mechanism connecting excited states with the ground state. In addition, homolytic dissociation in the ground state, tautomerizations to NHNOH and NHNHO, and intersystem crossings to T1 are considered. The most favorable process on this state is the isomerization to NHNOH.     

An ab initio study toward understanding the mechanistic photochemistry of acetamide

The potential energy surfaces for CH(3)CONH(2) dissociation into CH(3) + CONH(2), CH(3)CO + NH(2), CH(3)CN + H(2)O, and CH(3)NH(2) + CO in the ground and lowest triplet states have been mapped with DFT, MP2, and CASSCF methods with the cc-pVDZ and cc-pVTZ basis sets, while the S(1) potential energy surfaces for these reactions were determined by the CASSCF/cc-pVDZ optimizations followed by CASSCF/MRSDCI single-point calculations. The reaction pathways leading to different photoproducts are characterized on the basis of the computed potential energy surfaces and surface crossing points. A comparison of the reactivity among HCONH(2), CH(3)CONH(2), and CH(3)CONHCH(3) has been made, which provides some new insights into the mechanism of the ultraviolet photodissociation of small amides.     

Ab initio MO study of potential energy surface of NH2 with CN reaction

An extensive quantum chemical study of the potential energy surfaces (PES) for the association reaction of NH₂ with CN and the subsequent isomerization and dissociation reactions has been carried out using density functional theory (DFT)/B3LYP/6‐311++G(3df,2p) level of theory on both singlet and triplet states. The reaction mechanism on the triplet surface is more complicated than that on the singlet surface. A total of 19 isomers and 46 transition states have been identified and characterized on the triplet PES. Among them, IM2 (IM2a), IM3 (IM3a, IM3b), and IM10 are the lowest‐lying isomers with thermodynamic stability. Twenty available dissociation channels, depending on the different initial isomers, have been identified. On the singlet surface, only 12 isomers and 16 transition states have been found, and among them IM1(S) and IM2(S) are the lowest‐lying isomers. The higher isomerization and dissociation barriers on the singlet surface indicate that the addition and the subsequent reactions of NH₂+CN are most likely to occur on the triplet PES because of the lower barriers. A prediction can be made for the possible mechanism explaining the production of H+HNCN. Besides HNCN, other major products are NH+HCN and NH+HNC, which are produced by direct dissociation reactions from triplet IM2 and IM3, respectively. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2006     

Ab initio calculation of the NH(3sigma-)-NH(3sigma-) interaction potentials in the quintet, triplet, and singlet states

We present the ab initio potential-energy surfaces of the NH-NH complex that correlate with two NH molecules in their 3sigma- electronic ground state. Three distinct potential-energy surfaces, split by exchange interactions, correspond to the coupling of the S(A) = 1 and S(B) = 1 electronic spins of the monomers to dimer states with S = 0, 1, and 2. Exploratory calculations on the quintet (S = 2), triplet (S = 1), and singlet (S = 0) states and their exchange splittings were performed with the valence bond self-consistent-field method that explicitly accounts for the nonorthogonality of the orbitals on different monomers. The potential surface of the quintet state, which can be described by a single Slater determinant reference function, was calculated at the coupled cluster level with single and double excitations and noniterative treatment of the triples. The triplet and singlet states require multiconfiguration reference wave functions and the exchange splittings between the three potential surfaces were calculated with the complete active space self-consistent-field method supplemented with perturbative configuration interaction calculations of second and third orders. Full potential-energy surfaces were computed as a function of the four intermolecular Jacobi coordinates, with an aug-cc-pVTZ basis on the N and H atoms and bond functions at the midpoint of the intermolecular vector R. An analytical representation of these potentials was given by expanding their dependence on the molecular orientations in coupled spherical harmonics, and representing the dependence of the expansion coefficients on the intermolecular distance R by the reproducing kernel Hilbert space method. The quintet surface has a van der Waals minimum of depth D(e) = 675 cm(-1) at R(e) = 6.6a0 for a linear geometry with the two NH electric dipoles aligned. The singlet and triplet surfaces show similar, slightly deeper, van der Waals wells, but when R is decreased the weakly bound NH dimer with S = 0 and S = 1 converts into the chemically bound N2H2 diimide (also called diazene) molecule with only a small energy barrier to overcome.     

Photodissociation dynamics of nitrobenzene and o-nitrotoluene

Photodissociation of nitrobenzene at 193, 248, and 266 nm and o-nitrotoluene at 193 and 248 nm was investigated separately using multimass ion imaging techniques. Fragments corresponding to NO and NO(2) elimination from both nitrobenzene and o-nitrotoluene were observed. The translational energy distributions for the NO elimination channel show bimodal distributions, indicating two dissociation mechanisms involved in the dissociation process. The branching ratios between NO and NO(2) elimination channels were determined to be NONO(2)=0.32+/-0.12 (193 nm), 0.26+/-0.12 (248 nm), and 0.4+/-0.12(266 nm) for nitrobenzene and 0.42+/-0.12(193 nm) and 0.3+/-0.12 (248 nm) for o-nitrotoluene. Additional dissociation channels, O atom elimination from nitrobenzene, and OH elimination from o-nitrotoluene, were observed. New dissociation mechanisms were proposed, and the results are compared with potential energy surfaces obtained from ab initio calculations. Observed absorption bands of photodissociation are assigned by the assistance of the ab initio calculations for the relative energies of the triplet excited states and the vertical excitation energies of the singlet and triplet excited states of nitrobenzene and o-nitrotoluene. Finally, the dissociation rates and lifetimes of photodissociation of nitrobenzene and o-nitrotoluene were predicted and compared to experimental results.     

Photochemistry of protonated nitrosamine: chemical inertia of NH2NOH+ versus reactivity of NH3NO+

The photochemical behavior of the protonated simplest nitrosamine [NH2NO-H](+) has been addressed by means of the CASPT2//CASSCF methodology in conjunction with the ANO-L basis sets. The relative stability of the different tautomers, namely, (1) NH2NOH(+), (2) NH3NO(+), and (3) NH2NHO(+), has been considered, and the corresponding tautomerization transition states have been characterized. With respect to the most chemically relevant species, it has been found that NH2NOH(+) corresponds to a bound structure, while NH3NO(+) corresponds to an adduct between NH3 and NO(+) at both CASSCF and CASPT2 levels of theory. Vertical transition calculations and linear interpolations on the homolytic dissociation of NH3NO(+) in combination with previous results on neutral nitrosamine [J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 125, 164311] and neutral N,N-dimethylnitrosamine [J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 4741] indicate that, in acidic diluted solutions, the protonation of nitrosamine takes place on the excited surface. The N-N dissociation channels have been studied both in ground and first excited singlet state. An S1/S0 conical intersection is found to be responsible for the photostability of NH2NOH(+). On the contrary, NH3NO(+) is photochemically unstable as its first excited state is purely dissociative. The latter species is characterized by a twofold reactivity: the formation of nitrosyl cation (NO(+)) in the ground state and the photorelease of physiologically relevant nitric oxide radical (NO) in its first excited state.     

Dependence of N-nitrosodimethylamine photodecomposition on the irradiation wavelength: excitation to the s(2) state as a doorway to the dimethylamine radical ground-state chemistry

The photochemistry of N-nitrosodimethylamine after excitation to the S(1) and S(2) states has been studied with the complete active space self-consistent field method (CASSCF) and the second-order multiconfigurational perturbation theory (CASPT2). The calculated vertical transitions agree with the experiment: the S(0) --> S(1) transition occurs at 3.29 eV (f = 0.003 au), the S(0) --> S(2) transition at 5.30 eV (f = 0.17 au) and the first excited triplet state is computed at 2.48 eV. Solvent effects have been reproduced by means of PCM calculations. It is shown that excitation to S(1) and S(2) yields the same photoproducts: (CH(3))(2)N (1(2)B(1)) and NO (X(2)Pi). However, while on S1 the process is adiabatic, the process on S(2) implies an ultrafast decay through a planar S(2)/S(1) conical intersection. Our calculations are consistent with the reversibility of the N-N dissociation after irradiation at 363.5 nm and the observed dimethylamine radical reactions when irradiated at 248 nm, namely, H extrusion, a one-step process (41.3 kcal/mol), and methyl radical extrusion, a two-step process (44.0 kcal/mol and 31.5 kcal/mol). Finally, two more aspects are considered: (i) the topology of the T(1) surface where two minima have been found to correlate with the phosphorescence emission band and (ii) the influence of tautomerizations which is shown to be neglectable.     

Theoretical study of low-lying triplet states of aniline

Multireference complete active space self-consistent-field CASSCF(10,12)/ANO and second-order perturbation theory MS-CASPT2 calculations were performed to determine the vertical low-lying singlet and triplet states of aniline. The sequence of the seven lower lying triplet states is T1(1(3)A'), T2(1(3)A' '), T3(2(3)A'), T4(3(3)A'), T5(2(3)A' '), T6(4(3)A'), and T7(3(3)A' '). The 3(3)A', 4(3)A', and 3(3)A' ' states are assigned as 3s, 3py, and 3pz Rydberg states, respectively, while other states correspond to pi <-- pi excitations. Both the T1 and T2 states are found to be below at the lowest-lying singlet S1 (1(1)A' ') state. Geometry, vibrational modes, and electron distribution of the lowest lying T1 state were determined using UB3LYP calculations. The vertical and adiabatic singlet-triplet energy gaps DeltaE(S0-T1) amount to 3.7 and 3.5 +/- 0.2 eV, respectively. In clear contrast with the S0 state, the triplet aniline is no longer aromatic, and its protonation occurs preferentially at the ring meta-carbon site, with a proton affinity PA = 243 +/- 3 kcal/mol.     

Role of surface crossings in the photochemistry of nitromethane

The photodissociation dynamics of nitromethane (CH(3)NO(2)) starting at the S(3) excited state has been studied at the complete active space self-consistent field level of theory in conjunction with atomic natural orbital type basis sets. In addition, the energies of all the critical points and the energy profiles connecting them have been recomputed with the multiconfigurational second-order perturbation method. It is found that the key step in the reaction mechanism is a radiationless decay through an S(3)S(2) conical intersection. The branching space spanned by the gradient difference and nonadiabatic coupling vectors of this crossing point comprises dissociation into excited nitromethane plus singlet atomic oxygen [CH(3)NO(1A")+O((1)D)] and S(3)-->S(2) deactivation, respectively. Furthermore, deactivated nitromethane S(n (n<3)) can decompose in subsequent steps into CH(3)+NO(2), where NO(2) is generated at least in two different electronic states (1 (2)B(2) and 1 (2)A(1)). It is shown that formation of excited nitric oxide NO(A (2)Sigma) arises from CH(3)NO(1A") generated in the previous step. In addition, four crossings between singlet and triplet states are localized; however, no evidence is found for a relevant role of such crossings in the photochemistry of CH(3)NO(2) initiated at S(3) state in the gas phase.     

间位取代卟啉及其锌卟啉的电子吸收光谱

取代的卟啉类衍生物在气敏传感器方面具有广泛的应用前景.本文采用了密度泛函理论(DFT)和含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)研究了四种不同取代基的卟啉衍生物(meso位四硝基苯基/四氨基苯基卟啉(NO2PP,NH2PP)及其相应的锌金属卟啉衍生物(NO2ZnPP,NH2ZnPP))的紫外和近紫外光谱特征.利用两种不同的交换相关泛函(广义梯度近似泛函(PBE)和杂化密度泛函(B3LYP))优化了上述四种物质的结构,并应用TD-DFT计算了相应的电子激发能量和振动强度.结果表明,取代卟啉的吸收光谱与大量的电子跃迁有关;与B3LYP泛函预测的光谱相比,PBE泛函所得B带以及Q带的波长位置与实验值更为接近.另外,计算所得硝基取代基卟啉的B带相对于氨基取代基卟啉的B带发生了红移,这与实验现象也保持一致.由于卟啉衍生物的三重激发态在电子转移中有很重要的应用,因此在PBE/6-31G(d)水平上计算了四种物质的最低三重激发态能量,分别为1.426、1.469、1.608和1.581eV.     

The electronic spectrum and photodissociation of dinitrogen tetroxide (N(2)O(4)): Multireference configuration interaction studies

Multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) calculations were performed for vertical excitation energies and potential curves of N(2)O(4) in D(2h) symmetry using the TZVPP basis set with diffuse functions on the nitrogens. The strong absorption of N(2)O(4) around 185 nm is assigned to the transition from the ground state to 1?(1)B(1u) (σ(O)→σ(?) (N-N)) rather than 1?(1)B(2u) (π(O)→π(?) (NO(2) ),n→σ(?) (N-N)), as previously assumed. (N(2)O(4) is placed in the yz-plane, with N-N along z.) Transition to 1?(1)B(1u) is calculated to have an oscillator strength f=0.71 and is z-polarized, in agreement with the experimental observations. Another state, 2?(1)B(2u), lies close by, however, at a much lower f-value. The weak absorption around 340 nm is assigned to 1?(1)B(3u). Excitation to 1?(1)B(2u) is calculated at 227 nm. There is no clear assignment of a state for the observed shoulder around 260 nm. TD-DFT (time-dependent density functional theory) vertical excitation energies are close to MRCI values. MRCI singlet and triplet potential curves for the dissociation N(2)O(4)→2NO(2), combined with a table of NO(2) states correlating with those of N(2)O(4), indicate possible products of photodissociation at various wavelengths. The extensive literature on the photodissociation of N(2)O(4) is reviewed. DFT geometry optimizations have been performed on low-lying singlet and triplet states.     

On the reversible O2 binding of the Fe-porphyrin complex

Electronic mechanism of the reversible O(2) binding by heme was studied by using Density Functional Theory calculations. The ground state of oxyheme was calculated to be open singlet state [Fe(S =1/2) + O(2)(S = 1/2)]. The potential energy surface for singlet state is associative, while that for triplet state is dissociative. Because the ground state of the O(2)+ deoxyheme system is triplet in the dissociation limit [Fe(S = 2) + O(2)(S = 1)], the O(2) binding process requires relativistic spin-orbit interaction to accomplish the intersystem crossing from triplet to singlet states. Owing to the singlet-triplet crossing, the activation energies for both O(2) binding and dissociation become moderate, and hence reversible. We also found that the deviation of the Fe atom from the porphyrin plane is also important reaction coordinate for O(2) binding. The potential surface is associative/dissociative when the Fe atom locates in-plane/out-of-plane.     

Theoretical study on the mechanism of the (3)CH(2) + NO(2) reaction

The complex doublet potential energy surface of the CH(2)NO(2) system is investigated at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and QCISD(T)/6-311G(d,p) (single-point) levels to explore the possible reaction mechanism of the triplet CH(2) radical with NO(2). Forty minimum isomers and 92 transition states are located. For the most relevant reaction pathways, the high-level QCISD(T)/6-311 + G(2df,2p) calculations are performed at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) geometries to accurately determine the energetics. It is found that the top attack of the (3)CH(2) radical at the N-atom of NO(2) first forms the branched open-chain H(2)CNO(2) a with no barrier followed by ring closure to give the three-membered ring isomer cC(H(2))ON-O b that will almost barrierlessly dissociate to product P(1) H(2)CO + NO. The lesser followed competitive channel is the 1,3-H-shift of a to isomer HCN(O)OH c, which will take subsequent cis-trans conversion and dissociation to P(2) OH + HCNO. The direct O-extrusion of a to product P(3) (3)O + H(2)CNO is even much less feasible. Because the intermediates and transition states involved in the above three channels are all lower than the reactants in energy, the title reaction is expected to be rapid, as is consistent with the measured large rate constant at room temperature. Formation of the other very low-lying dissociation products such as NH(2) + CO(2), OH + HNCO and H(2)O + NCO seems unlikely due to kinetic hindrance. Moreover, the (3)CH(2) attack at the end-O of NO(2) is a barrier-consumed process, and thus may only be of significance at very high temperatures. The reaction of the singlet CH(2) with NO(2) is also briefly discussed. Our calculated results may assist in future laboratory identification of the products of the title reaction.     

Thermal decomposition of 1,5-dinitrobiuret (DNB): direct dynamics trajectory simulations and statistical modeling

A large set of quasi-classical, direct dynamics trajectory simulations were performed for decomposition of 1,5-dinitrobiuret (DNB) over a temperature range from 4000 to 6000 K, aimed at providing insight into DNB decomposition mechanisms. The trajectories revealed various decomposition paths and reproduced the products (including HNCO, N(2)O, NO(2), NO, and water) observed in DNB pyrolysis experiments. Using trajectory results as a guide, structures of intermediate complexes and transition states that might be important for decomposition were determined using density functional theory calculations. Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory was then utilized to examine behaviors of the energized reactant and intermediates and to determine unimolecular rates for crossing various transition states. According to RRKM predictions, the dominant initial decomposition path of energized DNB corresponds to elimination of HNNO(2)H via a concerted mechanism where the molecular decomposition is accompanied with intramolecular H-atom transfer from the central nitrogen to the terminal nitro oxygen. Other important paths correspond to elimination of NO(2) and H(2)NNO(2). NO(2) elimination is a simple N-N bond scission process. Formation and elimination of nitramide is, however, dynamically complicated, requiring twisting a -NHNO(2) group out of the molecular plane, followed by an intramolecular reaction to form nitramide before its elimination. These two paths become significant at temperatures above 1500 K, accounting for >17% of DNB decomposition at 2000 K. This work demonstrates that quasi-classical trajectory simulations, in conjunction with electronic structure and RRKM calculations, are able to extract mechanisms, kinetics, dynamics and product branching ratios for the decomposition of complex energetic molecules and to predict how they vary with decomposition temperature.     

Cl-loss and H-loss dissociations in low-lying electronic states of the CH3Cl+ ion studied using multiconfiguration second-order perturbation theory

To examine the experimentally suggested scheme of the pathways for Cl- and H-loss dissociations of the CH(3)Cl(+) ion in the X(2)E (1(2)A', 1(2)A' '), A(2)A(1) (2(2)A'), and B(2)E (3(2)A', 2(2)A") states, the complete active space-self-consistent field (CASSCF) and multiconfiguration second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) calculations with an atomic natural orbital (ANO) basis were performed for the 1(2)A' (X(2)A'), 1(2)A", 2(2)A', and 2(2)A'" states. The potential energy curves describing dissociation from the four C(s) states were obtained on the basis of the CASSCF partial geometry optimization calculations at fixed C-Cl or C-H distance values, followed by the CASPT2 energy calculations. The electronic states of the CH3(+) and CH(2)Cl(+) ions produced by Cl-loss and H-loss dissociation, respectively, were carefully determined. Our calculations confirm the following experimental facts: Cl-loss dissociation occurs from the 1(2)A' (X(2)A'), 1(2)A", and 2(2)A' states (all leading to CH3(+) (X(1)A(1)') + Cl), and H-loss dissociation does not occur from 2(2)A'. The calculations indicate that H-loss dissociation occurs from the 1(2)A' and 1(2)A' ' states (leading to CH(2)Cl(+) (X(1)A(1)) + H and CH(2)Cl(+) (1(3)A") + H, respectively). The calculations also indicate that H-loss dissociation occurs (with a barrier) from the 2(2)A" state (leading to CH(2)Cl(+) (1(1)A") + H), supporting the observation of direct dissociation from the B state to CH(2)Cl(+) and that Cl-loss dissociation occurs from the 2(2)A" state (leading to CH3(+) (1(3)A") + Cl), not supporting the previously proposed Cl-loss dissociation of the B state via internal conversion of B to A. The predicted appearance potential values for CH3(+) (X(1)A(1)') and CH(2)Cl(+) (X(1)A(1)) are in good agreement with the experimental values.     

Theoretical characterization of photoisomerization channels of dimethylpyridines on the singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces

Photoexcitations and photoisomerizations due to low-lying n pi* and pi pi* excited states of dimethylpyridines are investigated by density functional theory, CASSCF, CASPT2 and MRCI methodologies. Mechanistic details for the formation of Dewar dimethylpyridines and the interconversions of dimethylpyridines are rationalized through the characterization of minima and transition states on the singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces of relevant intermediates. Our present theoretical schemes suggest that Mobius dimethylpyridine intermediate 14 and azabenzvalene intermediate 10 can serve as possible precursors to Dewar dimethylpyridines and singlet phototransposition products, respectively. The calculations suggest that an S1(pi pi*)/S0 conical intersection in dimethylpyridines 2 is involved in the formation of 14. An azabenzvalene 10 might be formed through S2(pi pi*)/S1(n pi*) interaction followed by an S1/S0 decay in dimethylpyridine 6. Calculated barriers of isomerizations from 14 to Dewar dimethylpyridine 7 and from 10 to 4 are 8.4 and 28.5 kcal mol(-1) at the B3LYP/6-311 G** level, respectively. In the suggested triplet multistage transposition mechanism, an out-of-plane distorted geometry 19 due to vibrational relaxation of the T1(3B1) excited state of 3,5-dimethylpyridine 6 is a precursor of the interconversion of 6 to 2.4-dimethylpyridine 4. The formation of a triplet azaprefulvene 21 with a barrier of 20.7 kcal mol(-1) is a key step during the triplet migration process leading to another out-of-plane distorted structure 27. Subsequent rearomatization of 27 completes the interconversion of 6 with 4. Present calculations provide some insight into the photochemistry of dimethylpyridines at 254 nm.     

An ab initio study of the low-lying electronic states of S3

Accurate calculations of the low-lying singlet and triplet electronic states of thiozone, S(3), have been carried out using large multireference configuration interaction wave functions. Cuts of the full potential energy surfaces along the stretching and bending coordinates have been presented, together with the vertical excitation spectra. The strong experimentally observed absorption around 395 nm is assigned to the 1 (1)B(2) state, which correlates to ground state products. Absorption at wavelengths shorter than 260 nm is predicted to lead to singlet excited state products, S(2) (a (1)Delta(g))+S((1)D). The spectroscopic properties of the X (3)Sigma(g) (-), a (1)Delta(g), and b (1)Sigma(g) (+) electronic states of the S(2) radical have also been accurately characterized in this work. The investigations of the low-lying electronic states were accompanied by accurate ground state coupled cluster calculations of the thermochemistry of both S(2) and S(3) using large correlation consistent basis sets with corrections for core-valence correlation, scalar relativity, and atomic spin-orbit effects. Resulting values for D(0)(S(2)+S) and SigmaD(0) for S(3) are predicted to be 61.3 and 162.7 kcal/mol, respectively, with conservative uncertainties of +/-1 kcal/mol. Analogous calculations predict the C(2v)-D(3h) (open-cyclic) isomerization energy of S(3) to be 4.4+/-0.5 kcal/mol.     

氧硫化碳在230 nm光激发下的S(~3P)解离通道

在230nm激光激发下,氧硫化碳(OCS)分子迅速解离生成振动基态但高转动激发的CO(X~1∑_g~+,v=0,J=42-69)碎片,并通过共振增强多光子电离技术实现其离子化。通过检测处于J=56-69转动激发态CO碎片的离子速度聚焦影像,我们获得了各转动态CO碎片的速度分布和空间角度分布,其中包含了S(1D)+CO的单重态和S(~3P_J)+CO三重态解离通道的贡献。不同的转动态CO碎片对应三重态产物通道的量子产率略有不同,经加权平均我们得到230 nm附近光解OCS分子中S(3P)解离通道的量子产率为4.16%。结合高精度量化计算的OCS分子势能面和吸收截面的信息,我们获得了OCS光解的三重态解离机理,即基态OCS(X~1A')分子吸收一个光子激发到弯曲的A~1A'态之后,通过内转换跃迁回弯曲构型的基电子态,随后在C-S键断裂过程中与2~3A"(c~3A")态强烈耦合并沿后者势能面绝热解离。     

Dissociation of the OCS+ ion in low-lying electronic states studied using multiconfiguration second-order perturbation theory

Complete active space self-consistent-field (CASSCF) and multiconfiguration second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) calculations with atomic natural orbital basis sets were performed to investigate the S-loss direct dissociation of the 1 2Pi(X 2Pi), 2 2Pi(A 2Pi), 1 2Sigma+(B 2Sigma+), 1 4Sigma-, 1 2Sigma-, and 1 2Delta states of the OCS+ ion and the predissociations of the 1 2Pi, 2 2Pi, and 1 2Sigma+ states. Our calculations indicate that the S-loss dissociation products of the OCS(+) ion in the six states are the ground-state CO molecule plus the S+ ion in different electronic states. The CASPT2//CASSCF potential energy curves were calculated for the S-loss dissociation from the six states. The calculations indicate that the dissociation of the 1 4Sigma- state leads to the CO + S+ (4Su) products representing the first dissociation limit; the dissociations of the 1 2Pi, 1 2Sigma-, and 1 2Delta states lead to the CO + S+(2Du) products representing the second dissociation limit; and the dissociations of the 2 2Pi and 1 2Sigma+ states lead to the CO + S+(2Pu) products representing the third dissociation limit. Seams of the 1 2Pi-1 4Sigma-, 2 2Pi-1 4Sigma-, 2 2Pi-1 2Sigma-, 2 2Pi-1 2Delta, and 1 2Sigma(+)-1 4Sigma- potential energy surface intersections were calculated at the CASPT2 level, and the minima along the seams were located. The calculations indicate that within the experimental energy range (15.07-16.0 eV) the 2 2Pi(A 2Pi) state can be predissociated by 1 4Sigma- forming the S+(4Su) ion and can undergo internal conversion to 1 2Pi followed by the direct dissociation of 1 2Pi forming S+(2Du) and that within the experimental energy range (16.04-16.54 eV) the 1 2Sigma+(B 2Sigma+) state can be predissociated by 1 4Sigma- forming the S+(4Su) ion and can undergo internal conversion to 2 2Pi followed by the predissociation of 2 2Pi by 1 2Sigma- and 1 2Delta forming the S+(2Du) ion. These indications are in line with the experimental fact that both the 4Su and 2Du states of the S+ ion can be formed from the 2 2Pi and 1 2Sigma+ states of the OCS+ ion.